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Category synchronization

Modified on: Fri, 10 Jun, 2016 at 3:02 PM

Introduction

This extension allows you to synchronize products within two root
categories of Magento. This extension is ideal for using with ERP
integrations like Mamut.Products will be automatically synchronized to the active webshop root category.

The synchronization process between the root categories can be also specified for separate Magento websites.

In the left column the categories are shown to which products in your web shop are copied. On the right side there are multiple select with the categories from where products will be copied. If everything is set then, by clicking the button "Sync now", categories will be synchronized. After synchronization, the number of added products per category is shown, as shown on the image below.

Automatic synchronization

For automatic synchronization, the Magento cron job needs to be set. If cron is enabled, the categories are linked together, as previously explained on the image above. Instead of clicking the "Sync now", click on "Save the settings" button to save the configuration. After the mapped categories are saved, on every execution on cron (5 min) the automatic synchronization is done for the mapped categories.

Adjusting category synchronization per website

There is also an option the synchronization between categories to be adjusted to be done for separate websites. The following adjustments are needed to be done:

From the Configuration scope, the website scope should be chosen, after that we browse into the module configuration section, in the Settings section we fill the fields From which category we want to synchronizeand To which category we want the synchronization to be done, for that specific chosen website.

From the top navigation menu we browse to Catalog -> Category synchronization, in the top header section from the Current Configuration scope we choose a desired website, after that, right below we can see the categories we have set from the previous step. As a final step we can do the synchronization for that specific website.

*NOTE: Good to be mentioned as a preferable step,after the synchronization and import of products is done a re index should be done for the Catalog URL Rewrites,Category Products Indexes.